Thursday December 12th, 2024
« I meant that you are not to associate with anyone who claims to be a believer yet indulges in sexual sin, or is greedy, or worships idols, or is abusive, or is a drunkard, or cheats people. Don’t even eat with such people »
Read Genesis 13:8-15NKJV
8 So Abram said to Lot, “Please let there be no strife between you and me, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen; for we are brethren.
9 Is not the whole land before you? Please separate from me. If you take the left, then I will go to the right; or, if you go to the right, then I will go to the left.”
10 And Lot lifted his eyes and saw all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere (before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah) like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt as you go toward Zoar.
11 Then Lot chose for himself all the plain of Jordan, and Lot journeyed east. And they separated from each other.
12 Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelt in the cities of the plain and pitched his tent even as far as Sodom.
13 But the men of Sodom were exceedingly wicked and sinful against the Lord.
14 And the Lord said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him: “Lift your eyes now and look from the place where you are—northward, southward, eastward, and westward;
15 for all the land which you see I give to you and your descendants forever.
Covetousness is so dangerous that the Bible says you should beware of it to such an extent that when you see it in the life of someone, you are to stay away from the individual.
« Now, what I meant was that you should not associate with people who call themselves brothers or sisters in the Christian faith but live in sexual sin, are greedy, worship false gods, use abusive language, get drunk, or are dishonest. Don’t eat with such people »
Abraham kept company with Lot his nephew – a covetous fellow, as we saw in yesterday’s study.
Little did he know that Lot was hindering him from hearing the voice of God and for the promise of the Lord being fulfilled in his life.
Immediately Lot left him, God spoke. Genesis 13:14-15NKJV
« And the Lord said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him: “Lift your eyes now and look from the place where you are—northward, southward, eastward, and westward; for all the land which you see I give to you and your descendants forever »
If you have a friend who is always talking about how he or she wants money, cars and worldly possessions, yet never talks about impacting his or her world or doing whatever assignments the Lord would have him or her do, part ways with such individual.
If he or she is never content and always wants what others have, so desperately as to be willing to do anything to get it, such a person is too dangerous to be called your friend.
If any such friend refuses to change, respectfully part ways with the person, the same way Abraham parted from Lot.
You have to take this step so that the person would not hinder you from getting what God has in store for you.
There is a difference between being a big dreamer and being covetous.
The big dreamer talks about impacting his or her world, with the resultant effect of riches following, while the covetous is not interested in making the world better-only in the riches.
Understand this and look out for how your friends see riches .
If you discover that they are covetous and will not change, part ways with them.
Application – Don’t keep company with the covetous.
Author – Bishop Enoch Adejare Adeboye; General Overseer of the RCCG
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